Vishnu Purana — Amsha 3 — Chapter 10
ViP 3 10.1
कथितं चातुराश्रम्यं चातुर्वर्ण्यक्रियास् तथा पुंसः क्रियाम् अहं श्रोतुम् इच्छामि द्विजसत्तम ॥
kathitaṃ cāturāśramyaṃ cāturvarṇyakriyās tathā puṃsaḥ kriyām ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi dvijasattama //
The four stages of life have been told, and likewise the duties of the four classes; I wish to hear of the rites of a man, O best of the twice-born.
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ViP 3 10.2
नित्यां नैमित्तिकीं काम्यां क्रियां पुंसाम् अशेषतः समाख्याहि भृगुश्रेष्ठ सर्वज्ञो ह्य् असि मे मतः ॥
nityāṃ naimittikīṃ kāmyāṃ kriyāṃ puṃsām aśeṣataḥ samākhyāhi bhṛguśreṣṭha sarvajño hy asi me mataḥ //
Declare fully the regular, the occasional, and the optional rites of men, O best of the Bhṛgus, for I hold you to be all-knowing.
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ViP 3 10.3
यद् एतद् उक्तं भवता नित्यनैमित्तिकाश्रितम् तद् अहं कथयिष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमना नृप ॥
yad etad uktaṃ bhavatā nityanaimittikāśritam tad ahaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa //
That which you have asked, concerning the regular and occasional (rites)—that I shall tell; listen with single mind, O king.
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ViP 3 10.4
जातस्य जातकर्मादि क्रियाकाण्डम् अशेषतः पुत्रस्य कुर्वीत पिता श्राद्धं चाभ्युदयात्मकम् ॥
jātasya jātakarmādi kriyākāṇḍam aśeṣataḥ putrasya kurvīta pitā śrāddhaṃ cābhyudayātmakam //
For a son who is born, the father should perform the whole body of rites beginning with the birth-rite, and also the śrāddha that is of the nature of a prosperity-rite.
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ViP 3 10.5
युग्मांस् तु प्राङ्मुखान् विप्रान् भोजयेन् मनुजेश्वर यथावृत्ति तथा कुर्याद् दैवं पित्र्यं द्विजन्मनाम् ॥
yugmāṃs tu prāṅmukhān viprān bhojayen manujeśvara yathāvṛtti tathā kuryād daivaṃ pitryaṃ dvijanmanām //
He should feed brahmins in even numbers, facing east, O lord of men; and according to custom he should so perform the rite to the gods and to the fathers for the twice-born.
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ViP 3 10.6
दध्ना यवैः सबदरैर् मिश्रान् पिण्डान् मुदा युतः नान्दीमुखेभ्यस् तीर्थेन दद्याद् दैवेन पार्थिव ॥
dadhnā yavaiḥ sabadarair miśrān piṇḍān mudā yutaḥ nāndīmukhebhyas tīrthena dadyād daivena pārthiva //
Full of gladness, he should give the balls (of food) mixed with curds, barley and jujubes to the Nāndīmukha (fathers), using the divine tīrtha (of the hand), O king.
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ViP 3 10.7
प्राजापत्येन वा सर्वम् उपचारं प्रदक्षिणम् कुर्वीत तत् तथाशेषवृद्धिकालेषु भूपते ॥
prājāpatyena vā sarvam upacāraṃ pradakṣiṇam kurvīta tat tathāśeṣavṛddhikāleṣu bhūpate //
Or else he should perform the whole service with the prājāpatya (tīrtha), moving rightwards; and so (should it be done) at all times of prosperity, O lord of the earth.
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ViP 3 10.8
ततश् च नाम कुर्वीत पितैव दशमे ऽहनि देवपूर्वं नराख्यं हि शर्मवर्मादिसंयुतम् ॥
tataś ca nāma kurvīta pitaiva daśame 'hani devapūrvaṃ narākhyaṃ hi śarmavarmādisaṃyutam //
And then the father himself should give the name on the tenth day—a name for the man preceded by a deity's name and joined with 'śarman', 'varman' and the like.
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ViP 3 10.9
शर्मेति ब्राह्मणस्योक्तं वर्मेति क्षत्रसंश्रयम् गुप्तदासात्मकं नाम प्रशस्तं वैश्यशूद्रयोः ॥
śarmeti brāhmaṇasyoktaṃ varmeti kṣatrasaṃśrayam guptadāsātmakaṃ nāma praśastaṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ //
"Śarman" is prescribed for a brāhmaṇa, "varman" is what belongs to the kṣatriya; a name consisting of "gupta" or "dāsa" is commended for the vaiśya and the śūdra respectively.
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ViP 3 10.10
नार्थहीनं न चाशस्तं नापशब्दयुतं तथा नामङ्गल्यं जुगुप्स्यं वा नाम कुर्यात् समाक्षरम् ॥
nārthahīnaṃ na cāśastaṃ nāpaśabdayutaṃ tathā nāmaṅgalyaṃ jugupsyaṃ vā nāma kuryāt samākṣaram //
One should not make a name that is devoid of meaning, nor one that is ill-omened, nor one containing a faulty word, nor an inauspicious or repellent name; (it should be) with an even number of syllables.
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ViP 3 10.11
नातिदीर्घं न ह्रस्वं वा नातिगुर्वक्षरान्वितम् सुखोच्चार्यं तु तन् नाम कुर्याद् यत् प्रवणाक्षरम् ॥
nātidīrghaṃ na hrasvaṃ vā nātigurvakṣarānvitam sukhoccāryaṃ tu tan nāma kuryād yat pravaṇākṣaram //
Not too long, nor too short, nor furnished with too many heavy syllables — one should make that name easy to pronounce, one whose syllables flow smoothly.
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ViP 3 10.12
ततो ऽनन्तरसंस्कारसंस्कृतो गुरुवेश्मनि यथोक्तं विधिम् आश्रित्य कुर्याद् विद्यापरिग्रहम् ॥
tato 'nantarasaṃskārasaṃskṛto guruveśmani yathoktaṃ vidhim āśritya kuryād vidyāparigraham //
Then, consecrated by the ensuing rites, in the teacher's house, following the rule as prescribed, he should undertake the acquisition of learning.
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ViP 3 10.13
गृहीतविद्यो गुरवे दत्त्वा च गुरुदक्षिणाम् गार्हस्थ्यम् इच्छन् भूपाल कुर्याद् दारपरिग्रहम् ॥
gṛhītavidyo gurave dattvā ca gurudakṣiṇām gārhasthyam icchan bhūpāla kuryād dāraparigraham //
Having acquired learning and given the teacher his fee, O ruler of the earth, if he desires the householder's state he should take a wife.
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ViP 3 10.14
ब्रह्मचर्येण वा कालं कुर्यात् संकल्पपूर्वकम् गुरोः शुश्रूषणं कुर्यात् तत्पुत्रादेर् अथापि वा ॥
brahmacaryeṇa vā kālaṃ kuryāt saṃkalpapūrvakam guroḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ kuryāt tatputrāder athāpi vā //
Or, having made a resolve, he may spend his time in chastity; he should render service to his teacher, or else to the teacher's son and the rest.
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ViP 3 10.15
वैखानसो वापि भवेत् परिव्राड् अथवेच्छया पूर्वसंकल्पितं यादृक् तादृक् कुर्यान् महीपते ॥
vaikhānaso vāpi bhavet parivrāḍ athavecchayā pūrvasaṃkalpitaṃ yādṛk tādṛk kuryān mahīpate //
Or he may become a forest hermit, or else a wandering renouncer by his own choice; whatever he has resolved upon beforehand, that he should carry out, O lord of the earth.
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ViP 3 10.16
वर्षैर् एकगुणां भार्याम् उद्वहेत् त्रिगुणः स्वयम् नातिकेशाम् अकेशां वा नातिकृष्णां न पिङ्गलाम् ॥
varṣair ekaguṇāṃ bhāryām udvahet triguṇaḥ svayam nātikeśām akeśāṃ vā nātikṛṣṇāṃ na piṅgalām //
Being himself of thrice the years, he should marry a wife of one measure (i.e. a third of his age) — one not too hairy nor hairless, not too dark nor tawny.
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ViP 3 10.17
निसर्गतो विकलाङ्गीम् अधिकाङ्गीं च नोद्वहेत् नाविशुद्धां सरोमां वा ऽकुलजां वातिरोगिणीम् ॥
nisargato vikalāṅgīm adhikāṅgīṃ ca nodvahet nāviśuddhāṃ saromāṃ vā 'kulajāṃ vātirogiṇīm //
He should not marry one deficient in a limb by nature, nor one with a limb in excess, nor one impure, nor one covered with hair, nor one not born of a (good) family, nor one much diseased.
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ViP 3 10.18
न दुष्टां दुष्टवाचालां व्यङ्गिनीं पितृमातृतः न श्मश्रुव्यञ्जनवतीं न चैव पुरुषाकृतिम् ॥
na duṣṭāṃ duṣṭavācālāṃ vyaṅginīṃ pitṛmātṛtaḥ na śmaśruvyañjanavatīṃ na caiva puruṣākṛtim //
Not a wicked one, nor one who chatters wickedly, nor one defective in a limb on the father's or mother's side, nor one having a beard or (masculine) marks, nor one of a man's shape.
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ViP 3 10.19
न घर्घरस्वरां क्षामवाक्यां काकस्वरां न च नातिबद्धेक्षणां तद्वद् वृत्ताक्षीं नोद्वहेत् स्त्रियम् ॥
na ghargharasvarāṃ kṣāmavākyāṃ kākasvarāṃ na ca nātibaddhekṣaṇāṃ tadvad vṛttākṣīṃ nodvahet striyam //
Nor one of a rasping voice, nor one of feeble speech, nor one with a crow's voice, nor one whose gaze is too fixed, and likewise one with round eyes — such a woman he should not marry.
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ViP 3 10.20
यस्याश् च लोमशे जङ्घे गुल्फौ यस्यास् तथोन्नतौ कूपो यस्या हसन्त्याश् च गण्डयोस् तां च नोद्वहेत् ॥
yasyāś ca lomaśe jaṅghe gulphau yasyās tathonnatau kūpo yasyā hasantyāś ca gaṇḍayos tāṃ ca nodvahet //
And her whose shanks are hairy, and whose ankles are prominent, and who has a dimple on her cheeks when she laughs — her too he should not marry.
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ViP 3 10.21
नातिरूक्षच्छविं पाण्डुकरजाम् अरुणेक्षणाम् आपीनहस्तपादां च न कन्याम् उद्वहेद् बुधः ॥
nātirūkṣacchaviṃ pāṇḍukarajām aruṇekṣaṇām āpīnahastapādāṃ ca na kanyām udvahed budhaḥ //
A wise man should not marry a girl whose skin is very rough, whose nails are pale, whose eyes are reddish, or whose hands and feet are fleshy.
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ViP 3 10.22
न वामनां नातिदीर्घां नोद्वहेत् संहतभ्रुवम् न चातिच्छिद्रदशनां न करालमुखीं नरः ॥
na vāmanāṃ nātidīrghāṃ nodvahet saṃhatabhruvam na cāticchidradaśanāṃ na karālamukhīṃ naraḥ //
A man should not marry a dwarfish woman, nor one too tall, nor one with joined eyebrows, nor one whose teeth are too gapped, nor one with a gaping (fearsome) mouth.
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ViP 3 10.23
पञ्चमीं मातृपक्षाच् च पितृपक्षाच् च सप्तमीम् गृहस्थस् तूद्वहेत् कन्यां न्याय्येन विधिना नृप ॥
pañcamīṃ mātṛpakṣāc ca pitṛpakṣāc ca saptamīm gṛhasthas tūdvahet kanyāṃ nyāyyena vidhinā nṛpa //
But a householder should marry a girl who is the fifth (in descent) on his mother's side and the seventh on his father's side, by the lawful rite, O king.
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ViP 3 10.24
ब्राह्मो दैवस् तथैवार्षः प्राजापत्यस् तथासुरः गान्धर्वराक्षसौ चान्यौ पैशाचश् चाष्टमो ऽधमः ॥
brāhmo daivas tathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyas tathāsuraḥ gāndharvarākṣasau cānyau paiśācaś cāṣṭamo 'dhamaḥ //
The brāhma, the daiva, and likewise the ārṣa, the prājāpatya, and the āsura, and the other two, the gāndharva and the rākṣasa, and the paiśāca, the eighth and lowest.
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ViP 3 10.25
एतेषां यस्य यो धर्मो वर्णस्योक्तो महर्षिभिः कुर्वीत दाराहरणं तेनान्यं परिवर्जयेत् ॥
eteṣāṃ yasya yo dharmo varṇasyokto maharṣibhiḥ kurvīta dārāharaṇaṃ tenānyaṃ parivarjayet //
Of these, whichever rule has been declared by the great sages for whichever class, by that one he should take a wife; he should avoid the others.
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ViP 3 10.26
सधर्मचारिणीं प्राप्य गार्हस्थ्यं सहितस् तया समुद्वहेद् ददात्य् एतत् सम्यगूढं महाफलम् ॥
sadharmacāriṇīṃ prāpya gārhasthyaṃ sahitas tayā samudvahed dadāty etat samyagūḍhaṃ mahāphalam //
Having obtained a wife who shares his duties, he should, together with her, sustain the householder's state; this, when rightly married, yields great fruit.
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